John Cena admitted that it is a nice feeling to be cheered by the fans and say goodbye to them, some of whom, he claims, are familiar faces that he has seen at previous shows. Cena said it is a cathartic feeling to apologize to fans for what he said just a few months ago.

“I will say, it is quite nice to be able to stand in the middle of the ring and say hi to familiar faces. Some of these people overseas, like, I’ve been seeing for years, it’s the same fans. So to be able to say goodbye, to be able to apologize to my man [the young fan], it’s great. To be able to say I’m sorry because I said hurtful things and you stuck by me, and you knew I was having a bad day, so to speak.”

While many believe that Cena’s heel run wasn’t a success, he has a different point of view, saying that he doesn’t dwell on such decisions and doesn’t consider the heel run a mistake.

“I think we’ll reflect on this a whole lot more in January,” he said. “Nothing is a mistake. It’s just something that happens, and then we move forward, and then we got eight left and we’re gonna move forward. And I don’t know what’s gonna happen, but I’m gonna give it all I got,” declared the 17-time world champion.

Cena has previously said that he doesn’t consider his heel run a failure and explained that he views every failure as a teaching moment.